Database Engineer

About the job

Company Description

Talan is an international consulting and technology expertise group that supports and accelerates the digital transformation of its clients through the levers of technology, data and innovation.

For over 20 years, Talan has been advising and supporting companies and public institutions in defining and implementing their transformation and innovation projects in Switzerland and internationally.

Present on 5 continents in 21 countries, the Group, certified Great Place To Work, has more than 7000 employees.

Equipped with a Research and Innovation Centre, Talan places innovation at the heart of its development and operates in areas of technological change such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Intelligence, Blockchain, to serve the growth of large groups and mid-sized companies in a committed and responsible approach.

By placing "Positive Innovation" at the heart of its strategy, Talan is convinced that technology amplifies its impact on society as a whole by being at the service of humanity.

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Job Description

Context

Our client, an international company, is looking for a DBA / Database Engineer to strengthen its Infrastructure team. You will be the technical reference on databases and work closely with the Infrastructure, Cloud and Development teams to ensure the availability, performance and evolution of data platforms.

Your missions

You will be involved in the entire database lifecycle:

• Administer and maintain SQL and NoSQL environments.
• Participate in patching, upgrades, backups, restorations and capacity planning operations.
• Optimise database performance in collaboration with development teams.
• Automate administrative tasks and improve operational processes.
• Participate in incident resolution, troubleshooting and improving observability.
• Contribute to security, compliance and data protection.
• Document procedures and share best practices.

Technical environment

• Databases: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MariaDB/MySQL, MongoDB, CouchDB, Redis, Kafka.
• Environments: Virtual machines, Kubernetes, OpenShift.
• Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, ELK.

Qualifications

• Higher education in computer science.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar position.
• Experience with at least two of the following technologies: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MariaDB/MySQL, MongoDB, CouchDB, Redis or Kafka.
• Experience in infrastructure automation.
• Good knowledge of database administration (backup, restoration, performance, indexing, high availability, replication...).
• Ability to resolve complex technical incidents in production environments.
• Good command of SQL.
• Fluent English is essential, French is an asset.

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